John Hemmings to Thomas Jefferson, 20 October 1819
From John Hemmings
wnsday oct. 20. 19 Popler forest
dear sir
i hav fenich the ballourstrating and the hanging of the Partitons doors. and bed room. I am now abut the shetters i hav pine enough for stils and reals of 6 windowrs i have got them al radey to put togatehear that is the motison and tenionten i am now giting the in sid suff reddy we hav anough poplar but have it to slit with the saw but as it is seaisond we reather have it for fear of scrinking that is all the pine plank we hav hear Mr yeancey sayes that he cand get som that is enough to do the remandour I shell go on as farst as possebil—the roof has never leake is bad sence the first rain but that was vary havy but at the same time the house had bin dry on the hold it may git better of it self by weating on it awhill
John hemmings
RC (MHi); addressed (trimmed): “[. . .] monticello”; endorsed by TJ as received 25 Oct. 1819 and so recorded in SJL.
Index Entries
- building materials; pine search
- building materials; plank search
- building materials; poplar search
- Hemmings, John (TJ’s slave; b. ca.1776); as woodworker search
- Hemmings, John (TJ’s slave; b. ca.1776); letters from search
- household articles; shutters search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); carpentry at search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); doors at search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); roof at search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); windows at search
- slaves; as carpenters search
- slaves; letters from search
- weather; rain search
- Yancey, Joel (d.1833); as superintendent of Poplar Forest search